.: the luckiest person in the world :.

You are officially looking... errr... listening... to the luckiest person in the entire world! Yesterday, my best friend Dan Franklin emailed me the greatest (personal) news of 2005 so far...

I HAVE A TICKET TO THE U2 SHOW IN PORTLAND!!!

Now, before you start trying to track down my phone number in Canada to congradulate me, the show isn't until December 19th. But you won't hear me complaining! This literally feels like the opportunity of a lifetime. Most people only dream of going to see a band so great (yes, Mr. Mueller, there is in fact a band as great - if not greater - than the Beatles!). And in Portland... IN PORTLAND! Okay, so maybe Portland isn't the greatest aspect of the concert (outside of the fact that it will be the last stop of their world tour, which means that they are going to give it everything they've got)... but I cannot believe that I am going to have the opportunity to see the single greatest band of my generation (are they even a part of my generation? Joshua Tree tour was around 88, when I was 11. Sure, I guess so!) with my best friend. This may in fact make up for how Dan and I missed out on seeing the Counting Crows at the Gorge a couple years back. This whole thing was truly death of a vision as we had been planning to get tickets for the Seattle venue... which sold out in a matter of minutes (darn U2 members!). But lo and behold, I am part of the mass that has been blessed by this recently noted concert towards the end of their Vertigo tour. I am freaking out, just thinking of how many memories I am going to have from this show. I love music... I love concerts... and I absolutely love U2! So I already know that this is going to be one for the (personal) history books.